So I just purchased a new 2008 210 and it originally had the four 6 X 9 speakers on the tower and the amp to run them. I had the dealer take them off when they sold me the boat to get the price down some. When I went to pick up the boat, he said he would throw the speakers and amp back in for $1k.

Are these speakers any good? Is there a speaker and amp combo out there I could get for $1k or less that would be a lot better than the 4 stock tower speakers and amp? Any suggestions would be appreciated!

You should be able to get a set of HLCD's and a solid amp for 1000-1300. That might be a better route if your main goal is to hear while riding. If your goal is to have a good sounding system for in the boat the 6x9's might be a good solution.

You might want to post the brand and model of speaker as well as the amp so the guys who know a lot about systems can tell you if they are junk or good.

Exile was running a 2 tower speaker and amp combo deal for around a grand last fall. Contact the guys at Exile and Im sure they will work with you to make something fit into your budget. http://www.exileaudio.com/contact/

The 6x9s in the nauti cans used to be the Polk MOMOs and are now the MM series Polks. I would do this upgrade in 2 steps. I would upgrade to a better amp and see how you like it. You need to have an end goal because the Polk MMs have a 2.7 ohm load, meaning that you cannot power these with a 2 channel amp without having overheating issues. I would run this setup with something like the SYN4 or Arc 300.4, and then when you find you want more, you could upgrade the tower speakers to either two pro80s or two pro485s. If you wanted to do something like 4 pro80s you will have to buy a 2 channel amp and replace the factory clarion that runs your in cabin speakers and sub with the 4 channel. I would suggest that in the end you end up with at least a 3 amp setup. One for tower, one for interior, and one for sub. Remember if you choose to go with an EQ in the end you will have to integrate the bow speakers into the amplication. If you dont the volume control of the EQ will not adjust the bow speakers. Hope this helps.

I have a diy light bar speaker can combo it was $369 I filled them with krypt 6 1/2" hlcd's $185 powered by a power acoustik ovn2-800 putting out 150 watts x2 at 4ohms $89 it kicks a**.So for $643 you can have hlcd's and tower lights beat that.....